Minbari Quotes & Sayings

You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep a couple of hours a night now. She's haunted by nightmares of monsters that eat our whole family. They eat us slowly, she says, so we can feel their sharp teeth. — Laurie Halse Anderson

A thrum of excitement went through the siege lines when Belwas was seen plodding toward the city, and from the walls and towers of Meereen came shouts and jeers. Oznak zo Pahl mounted up again, and waited, his striped lance held upright. The charger tossed his head impatiently and pawed the sandy earth. As massive as he was, the eunuch looked small beside the hero on his horse. — George R R Martin

Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place. — William Ralph Inge

success is 99% failure — Henry Ford

What I am is constantly thrust into my face while I'm trying to be better than I am. Even if I'm actively doing all the right things, I can't escape the fact that my internal reactions are those of a fundamentally horrible person. — Allie Brosh

He had not known to be born afraid, but he'd learned. — Maggie Stiefvater

The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your body. — Zeena Parkins

I love theater. I also love radio. I love language. — Indira Varma

to Reacher's desk. It said Gunshot victim previously reported was LTC Caroline C. Crawford. DOA inside POV — Lee Child

She could be quite brave in the presence of a Wyverary, but tall and lovely ladies made her shy, even if they were made of soap. — Catherynne M Valente

Writing is such lonely work that I try to keep myself cheered up. If something strikes me as funny in the act of writing, I throw it in just to amuse myself. If I think it's funny I assume a few other people will find it funny, and that seems to me to be a good day's work. — William Zinsser

Life there was hard and it made people hard. — Jeannette Walls

After the matter has cooled off during an extended period of investigation, to find a scapegoat to blame for unauthorized tampering with the mails. — Colin A. Ross

I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they? — Quentin Bryce